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Japan struck by major earthquake, tsunami – Day 1

A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan’s northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Death toll estimates have been as high as 10,000, and there were reports of several injuries in Tokyo, hundreds of miles away, where buildings shook violently through the main quake and the wave of massive aftershocks that followed.